Barble

Also 5 barbul, -ulle. [ad. It. barbola:—L. barbula, dim. of barba beard.] = BARB sb.¹ 4.

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c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 24/1. Barbulle, sekenes of the mowthe.

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c. 1595. Montgomerie, in Watson’s Coll., III. 13 (Jam.). The Botch, and the Barbles.

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1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 283. The Barbles or paps underneath the tongue.

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1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Barbles in the manege, knots of superfluous flesh growing in the channels of a horse’s mouth.

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